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The death of George Floyd has had an undeniable ripple effect across the world. It’s been almost two months since the horrific video of his death hit the internet and people are still on the streets, protesting in his name. While the officers involved in Floyd’s death have all been arrested and are currently facing…Read more...

For every story of police brutality that gains national attention, there are several more that fly under the radar. Take, for instance, the story of Daniel Jefferson, who alleges that, after being arrested by Memphis Police in 2015 during a drug investigation, he was beaten up at the Raines police precinct.Read more...

Last month, as global protests were held against systemic racism and police brutality, one of the side effects was folks re-evaluating the casual monuments of racism that exist within their communities. While efforts to remove Confederate monuments have been raging for years, the fight to remove these racist statues…Read more...

To find some of the worst recorded coronavirus disparities between Black and white residents, you need look no further than the nation’s capital, where Black residents have died of COVID-19 at a rate nearly six times that of white people in the city. As has been made explicit by numerous public health experts,…Read more...

I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts, especially those that feature Black artists. My favorite (and one I’ve written about before) is Questlove Supreme because it’s a show where they somehow book many of my favorite artists and I also feel like I could be part of the team. Questlove and the rest of the hosts…Read more...

Entertainment giant Viacom CBS fired television host, comedian and former Atlanta A&T percussionist Nick Cannon on Tuesday for making comments many classified as derogatory, racist and anti-Semitic on his podcast “Cannon’s Class.” Cannon’s show Wild ‘N Out was in its 15th season on Viacom-owned MTV before the…Read more...

On today’s episode of Oh, So White People Are CRAZY Crazy: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who pulled a gun on another shopper at a Florida Walmart Saturday after a dispute over the gunman’s refusal to wear a face mask. The incident was caught on surveillance cameras and the footage shows…Read more...

President Trump, arguably the worst president in American history, is continuing his presidential practice of being messy AF as he’s now ordering that hospitals not to send their COVID-19 information to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but instead, to send it right to the White House, where the official…Read more...

Breonna Taylor is dead.Read more...

Actor Idris Elba spoke with Radio Times about his thoughts regarding media censorship. In the interview with the magazine (released Tuesday), he says he believes television programs and films that are censored or flagged for jokes deemed inappropriate or offensive should come with a warning label, not be removed from…Read more...

There are times when the news is so outrageous it almost seems satirical and then there is the Trump administration, which has skirted the line between truth and fiction so much that there is no line anymore.

No, it’s not a music drop you Navy heathens (why are you even expecting that anymore?), but it is likely to brighten up your day, from the inside-out.Read more...

I don’t really watch baseball, in part because there was plenty of racism surrounding my own experiences with the sport as a youth. And as it turns out, Major League Baseball isn’t much different, at least according to a new report from ESPN.Read more...

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Residents across the state of Virginia found flyers in or around their mailboxes sent by a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. The message on the flyers calls for “100% Americanism” and decries the number of white people who support the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, Virginia police are investigating the matter which…Read more...

President Trump is orange. He is also a white nationalist and a white supremacist and a white man and a white unscented dryer sheet. He is the most orange white power activist in American history.

Luxury has long seemed an elusive concept when outfitting what is commonly referred to as the “plus-size” market. Despite nearly 70 percent of American women being a size 14 and above, most brands still struggle with fit and quality—and elegance rarely, if ever, comes into play. So when fashion and tech veteran…Read more...

In a new letter sent to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington and other celebrities demand that the Department of Justice re-examines the death of Danroy “DJ” Henry, a Black Pace University student who was shot and killed by a white cop in 2010.

Phew, 2020 sure is something different.Read more...

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After making anti-Semitic comments during a recently released episode of his podcast, Nick Cannon has been fired by ViacomCBS. The controversial episode of Cannon’s Class was reportedly recorded last year but was released two weeks ago. It made the rounds on social media on Tuesday afternoon.Read more...

As activists have sustained calls for a radical transformation of our nation’s criminal justice system over the last several weeks, many among us are reimagining what necessary interventions ought to look like, absent the police. How can we resolve domestic issues, for instance, without having to call 911?Read more...

The long, arduous slog that’s been 2020 has had me reflecting on many things. One of those things has been how extensively movies and shows about cops lie to us. We’re repeatedly inundated with this idea that cops are moral arbiters who, operate like a well-oiled machine, and utilize the most cutting edge technology…Read more...

For decades, organizations like the National Organization for Women, Feminist Majority, and the American Association of University Women were heralded as the frontline orgs championing women’s rights. The limits of that “championing” were always clear to women of color: These organizations centered specifically and…Read more...

Not to continue to belabor the point, but white people have lost their goddamn minds, folks. If it’s not going full Karen in a Target over face masks or sending emails to my colleagues going “Not all white people,” it’s committing whole ass crimes like driving a car into a crowd of Black people.

In May, 36-year-old Nicholas Bils was fatally shot by a San Diego police officer while he was fleeing police custody. Bils—who has a history of severe mental illness—was unarmed when police officers gave chase. On Monday, prosecutors announced that the officer who shot and killed Bils has been arrested and charged…Read more...

On the heels of a social media back and forth between T.I. and 50 Cent about who would win in a Verzuz battle—probably a more even matchup than either of them wants to admit; neither has made much music worth listening to in the past decade—T.I. went on Big Boy’s L.A.-based radio show and proclaimed, in a nutshell,…Read more...

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The NFL really doesn’t want its players to catch the coronavirus, but it also really wants to make billions of dollars from a full-contact sport in the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic. So in the half-hearted name of health and safety, the league is rolling out a new toy to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on…Read more...

Summer means it’s grilling season, and whether you just want to flip burgers and dogs over charcoal or commit to some serious smoking, we salute you either way. If you (like us) have been waiting the past several months for this time of year, then now’s the time to make the most of these warm days and nights to…Read more...

While the rest of us are left to the mercy of selfish-ass friends and neighbors who seem hell-bent on catching the coronavirus, NBA players have fortified themselves inside of the ESPN Wide World of Sports campus for one common cause: not to catch that shit.Read more...

Imagine being so racist and sexist that you find a job that literally allows you to be racist and sexist and that still isn’t enough. So you use a fake name to be even more sexist and racist online.

It looks like Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion weren’t exactly on lockdown this weekend, and things escalated quickly.Read more...

Fun fact: I am in love with a freckle fetishist. I’m not sure either of us knew this until well into our relationship when he’d become well-accustomed to seeing the faint smattering of freckles across my nose and cheekbones that are on full display, sans makeup. I’d often catch him staring at me intently for seemingly…Read more...

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Another day, another investigation sparked by another viral video showing another cop beating on another Black man. This time it happened in New Jersey around 3 a.m. on Sunday when an officer was recorded repeatedly punching a Black man in the face while other officers restrained him.Read more...

Four people have been charged with murder in the shooting death of burgeoning Brooklyn rapper, Pop Smoke (born Bashar Jackson). Last week, five suspects were arrested in connection with the case. The 20-year-old was killed during a home invasion in Los Angeles in February. Prosecutors say that the attackers got the…Read more...

Viola Davis radiates on the cover of Vanity Fair for its July/August 2020 edition. The Oscar, Emmy and Tony-winning actress discusses police brutality protests, the fight for equal pay as a Black thespian and much more. Dario Calmese shot the photos accompanying Davis’ feature, and made history in doing so. He is the…Read more...

On Monday, a man—who can’t possibly live in Florida—interrupted a press conference by Gov. Ron DeSantis (who looks exactly how you’d think a Florida governor would look) to tell the inept governor that his handling of COVID-19 throughout his state has been a joke and that he’s willing to call in the fire department to…Read more...

Simone Biles, who is often lauded as the greatest gymnast to ever tumble on Earth, opened up to Vogue for its August cover story, where she discussed training for the (as of now) 2021 Olympics during a pandemic, her frustrations with USA Gymnastics organization’s negligence around sexual assault and much more.Read more...

Imagine it’s 2070. History classes all over the U.S. teach the 2020 Black Lives Matter Uprisings and the national campaign to defund police. Students are shocked to learn about police officers who once killed Black people. For these young people, public safety means community and skilled professionals coming together…Read more...

Kenya Barris is busy AF.Read more...

Mike Espy is ready to win this time.

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Fundamentally, I’m a begrudging optimist. Pessimism just seems counterproductive so, no matter how awful things look, I always hold out hope that perhaps they can be better. As protests for police accountability have consistently occurred for well over a month across the county, I’ve hoped that the result would be…Read more...

In an effort to fight against the systemic racism that’s embedded in both society and workplaces within the service industry, tens of thousands of workers have planned a massive, full day strike later this month.

More than a thousand people participated in the National Mother’s March and Weekend Against Police Violence by marching to the Minnesota State Capitol on Sunday. Those demonstrators included the family members of more than 100 victims of police violence who had come from all over the country to join the protest in St.…Read more...

One would think that literally everything that has occurred over the course of the last few months would result in police officers actively trying to not become the center of yet another viral video. But we’re in dark times, so common sense is out the window, and instead, we have to watch both white folks and law…Read more...

From the surgeon general who brought you “do it for your big momma” comes another profound moment in intellectual flatulence: that the government reversing its stance on face masks is kind of like when doctors gave cocaine as medicine.Read more...

Trump is the dude who successfully sold three NutriBullets on eBay for a combined $15 profit and now wants to talk with you about your finances.